SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah State basketball player who collapsed at practice and had to be revived is waking up and responding the way "doctors want him to," his brother said Wednesday, although the player remains in critical condition.

Berger, 22, collapsed on the court during a practice Tuesday in Logan, said Zach Fisher, a spokesman for Utah State's athletic department. He said the school's athletic training staff performed CPR on Berger and used a defibrillator to get Berger breathing again.

It is unknown what caused Berger to collapse. Fisher said tests and evaluations are ongoing and that the school will release more when information is available.

College football: Purdue has hired Darrell Hazellas its new football coach. Hazell won this season's Mid-American Conference coach of the year award after leading Kent State to its first winning season since 2001, first bowl appearance in more than four decades and the brink of a BCS bowl game. Kent State hired Hazell in December 2010 and led the Golden Flashes to a 5-7 mark (4-4 MAC) and a third-place finish in his first season as a head coach. This year, Hazell's squad was 11-2 (8-0) and won the MAC East. Hazell is the first black coach in Purdue history. Purdue (6-6, 3-5) fired Danny Hope last month. ... Florida International has fired Mario Cristobalafter six seasons. The Panthers were 3-9 this season, after being widely picked to win the Sun Belt. ... California has hired Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Dykes in hopes that the offensive mastermind can revive a program that struggled in recent years under the firedJeff Tedford ... Rutgers is suing the Big East Conference, trying to avoid paying an exit fee. Rutgers is trying to avoid a $10 million hit for leaving en route to the Big Ten. Big East bylaws state a school must give 27 months' notice and pay a $10 million withdrawal fee. The suit says the Big East selectively enforced the rules. Rutgers claims some schools did and some did not have to give notice or pay the fee on their way out of the embattled conference. The league voted to increase its exit fee from $5 million to $10 million last month.

NCAA: NCAA President Mark Emmertis still determined to provide athletes with $2,000 for expenses not covered by scholarships. In Jaunuary, the Division I Board of Directors delayed implementing the stipends in the face of criticism from many colleges. The plan is still on hold, with a group creating options that address the membership's concerns.

Olympics:The IOC has stripped medals from four athletes caught doping at the 2004 Athens Olympics — including one gold medalist — and postponed a decision to revoke Lance Armstrong's bronze from the 2000 Sydney Games. The IOC on Wednesday disqualified four athletes whose Athens doping samples were retested earlier this year and came back positive, including shot put gold medalist Yuriy Bilonogof Ukraine. The others are hammer throw silver medalist Ivan Tskikhan of Belarus and two bronze medalists — women's shot putter Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia and discus throwerIrina Yatchenko of Belarus.